Tag: fake news

Fake news is a phenomenon that has widespread misleading effects. It is so worse to the point that we have apps that fact-check news....

While social media has helped people connect with their friends and family in much easier ways than ever before, it has also become a...

Veena Arora, a retired school principal in a small town of Uttar Pradesh, decided to use a smartphone in November last year for the...

Facing flak for the misuse of its platform - ranging from casual rumors to deadly lynchings - WhatsApp has launched its first-ever TV campaign...

Facebook has started expanding its "Today In" section for local news and community information to make it easier for people to find news and...

Aiming to address the challenge of misinformation during the upcomimg Rajasthan Assembly polls, WhatsApp on Monday conducted training for community leaders here, in partnership...

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has announced that it has selected 20 research teams worldwide, including experts from India and those of Indian origin, who will work...

We all know that Twitter is a major driver of conversations on the web, and co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey is currently on a...

Facebook has been attempting to combat the spread of fake news for a while now and new feature additions for the same find...

Twitter still remains a hotbed for accounts spreading fake news, suggests a new study that looked into how fake and conspiracy news flourished on...

Earlier this month, Reliance Jio's low-cost JioPhone duo received support for WhatsApp. Over 25 million new users were thereby added to WhatsApp's user base,...

The Prime Minister's office has appointed a four-member committee which has been tasked with studying the nation's entire digital infrastructure and come up with solutions to...

From limiting message forwarding, publishing newspaper ads and introducing a reward program to flagging harmful links and developing a digital literacy program, WhatsApp is taking every step when it comes to curbing the...

Facebook has confirmed media reports that it has started scoring at least some of its users on a trustworthiness scale. The tech giant said...

Researchers have demonstrated an algorithm-based automated solution that is comparable to and sometimes better than humans at correctly identifying fake news stories. The system...

In an effort to address the concerns of the Indian government regarding the spate of brutal lynchings based on viral hoax messages circulated via...

Alarmed at the growing instances of violence spread by viral fake news on WhatsApp, the central government has sent repeated warnings to the app, in a...

In its continuing efforts to purge fake news, conspiracy theories and misinformation campaigns on its platform, social media giant Facebook has just announced its...

As part of the continuing focus of various tech companies to weed out fake news and conspiracy theories from their respective platforms, Apple has...

In its bid to curb the spread of fake news and ensure high-quality journalism in India, Facebook on Thursday announced its first partnership in...